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Media Advisory No. 0022.13
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CORRECTED: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Host Media Call on Renewal of a Historic Agreement with the Dairy Industry
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WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013— TODAY, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a media conference call to announce the renewal of an historic agreement with U.S. dairy leaders to accelerate adoption of innovative waste-to-energy projects on U.S. dairy farms. The pact extends a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2009 which supports the dairy industry as it works to reach its long-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020.
The Secretary will be joined by Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy CEO Tom Gallagher and Doug Young, a farmer from NY who has benefited from this MOU. Objectives of the MOU are to increase the construction of anaerobic digesters and explore innovative ways to use products previously considered waste streams from dairy production, processing and handling.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3 p.m. EDT
WHAT: Secretary Vilsack, Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy CEO Tom Gallagher and Doug Young, a farmer from NY will host a conference call on the renewal of an historic agreement with the U.S. dairy industry to promote sustainable practices.
PRESS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT ACCESS:
Audio Bridge Number: 1-877-960-9068
PASSCODE: MOU (Given Verbally)
Trouble number – 202-720-8560
All callers using the above passcode will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch tone phone.
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